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Brain Game: Glued to the Screen

Tuesday Test Time is more of a question/answer than a puzzle today, but it’s the type of question that would be better answered after a bit of careful thought. Good luck:

I was recently browsing a 2011 almanac, when I saw the section detailing the 20 most-watched (not highest-rated) individual TV programs in U.S. history. Two sitcom episodes were on the list – the finales of both M*A*S*H and Cheers- and the rest of the list was made up of Super Bowl games. But there was one other specific sporting event that made the list, and its appearance on the list surprised me.

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes.
He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)